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underrated sean penn performances iyo



2011 This Must Be the Place

2010 Fair Game

2005 The Interpreter

2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2003 It's All About Love

2000 The Weight of Water

2000 Up at the Villa

1998 Hurlyburly

1997 U Turn

1988 Colors

1985 The Falcon and the Snowman

1984 Racing with the Moon

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de niro turned it down he said it was too dark

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One of his best movies.

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i read an interview walken did with total film magazine

he said the only role that bothered him was The Comfort Of Strangers (1990)

"i played a lot of villains over the years but that guy was just sick "

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That guy was sick. But I think his character in At Close Range was his most vile.

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the guy in at close range was operating out of fear

he was afraid his sons would inadvertently (or self preservedly) get him locked up

imo the guy in comfort of strangers was way worse he was stalking and murdering for fun

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His character in TCoS was sick, mentally unstable. His character in ACR not only kills his (step) son, his friends, and attempts to kill his real son, but brutally beats and rapes a young teenage girl (who he later kills as well). That's VILE. And in my opinion, is much worse because he is not sick, just evil.

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I must say that This Must Be The Place was interesting. He looked like Robert Smith from The Cure. His voice in that reminded me of Andy Warhol's. Falcon and the Snowman was a masterpiece.

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Shanghai Surprise

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I've always enjoyed Racing With the Moon...his first role as a leading man,

Fair Game was an excellent film and he did a tremendous job.

I thought he was terrific in Milk as well but I guess that isn't considered underrated.

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imagine john cazale as milk

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What a sad story....

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DEAD.MAN.WALKING

What a performance in the film! One of the all-time greatest screen performances IMO.

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